Burn’s Night Celebrating the Life of the Great Bard Burns’ Night itself marks the anniversary of Robert ‘Rabbie’ Burns’ birth on the 25th January 1759. Additionally history can trace its origins back to nine of Burns’ close friends who decided

Gloucester Pin Making Industry – Enormous quantities of pins were used for the fastening of clothing. Elizabeth I was supplied with 24,000 ‘pynnes of diverse sorts’ just for her coronation. Pins secured the petticoat in a ruffle above the farthingale